Spiral Jetty & The Great Salt Lake
SPIRAL JETTY & THE GREAT SALT LAKE

I’ve been here once before, back when I lived in Salt Lake City for one month for an internship. The lake was so different this time. It has tides, and this time you could see Robert Smithson’s entire earthwork, in all it’s decaying glory. It was completed in April of 1970 and has been left for the visitor to discover and explore with adventurous spirit. It’s made from mud and basalt rocks from the area surrounding it, and it’s been washing away slowly ever since.

Enjoy our October visit.

Spiral Jetty & The Great Salt Lake
You have to drive out to the middle of nowhere for Spiral Jetty. It’s a journey that passes horses, cows, sheep, you name it.

Spiral Jetty & The Great Salt Lake
You can’t just stumble upon the Spiral Jetty. There’s one way in, there’s one way out.

Spiral Jetty & The Great Salt Lake
This bunny lives in the wilderness.

A video with questionable musical choices. Hey. I’m on a deadline. Kind of.

Spiral Jetty & The Great Salt Lake

Spiral Jetty & The Great Salt Lake

Spiral Jetty & The Great Salt Lake

Spiral Jetty & The Great Salt Lake
Mini interpretations of Spiral Jetty everywhere

Spiral Jetty & The Great Salt Lake
Everywhere.

Spiral Jetty & The Great Salt Lake
Is this what the moon looks like?

Spiral Jetty & The Great Salt Lake

Spiral Jetty & The Great Salt Lake
The white blotches aren’t snow, that’s crystals of salt.

Spiral Jetty & The Great Salt Lake

Spiral Jetty & The Great Salt Lake

Spiral Jetty & The Great Salt Lake
This also isn’t snow.

Spiral Jetty & The Great Salt Lake

Spiral Jetty & The Great Salt Lake
It’s salt foam

Spiral Jetty & The Great Salt Lake
*Overwhelmed*

Spiral Jetty & The Great Salt Lake
Far away Waldo

Spiral Jetty & The Great Salt Lake
Close up Waldo

Spiral Jetty & The Great Salt Lake
And a big crystal just because.

Do you want to visit Spiral Jetty? Here is Dia Art Foundation’s directions on how to find it.

Much love friends.

Posted by:sarahwaldo

By day I'm a content producer at an arts org in Los Angeles, by night I am the overly apologetic brain and face of sleepywaldo.blog

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